Antiseptic container.



E. M. DOBRINGER & A. C. ST. MARIE.

ANTISEPTIC CONTAINER. APPLICATION FILED N.OV.23,1912I 1,081,493 I Patented Dec. 16, 1913.

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MARIE, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA;

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An'rIs'EP'Pxo CONTAINER.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Doc. 16, 1913;.

' iepp'lication one November 23, "m2. Serial no. 733,177.

T all whom it may concern Be it known that we, EDWARD M. Donnmenu, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and Anna 0.5T. Mixers; afcitizen i: of the United States; residing in thc'ci'ty and county of San Francisco and State of Galr' lornia. have invented a new and usetul'lm'r' third, to provide means that will determine v the amount of antiseptic'so'lution to be contained in the container, and, fourth, to pro- 'ide a container that will not interfere with the entrance of the tone vibrations to the mouth piece. ll e accomplish these several features by means of the devioe illustrated in the drawings forming a part ot this specification in which like numerals of reference refer to similar parts throughout the said specification and drawings. a

Figurel is a sectional view a telephone mouth piece with the device therein. Fig.

2 is a front elevation of atelephone mouth y piece with the device therein. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the device removed-twin the mouth piece. Fig. 4 is a, broken View. of the container showing the position for re: ceiving the antiseptic solution; Fig. 5' is a sectional View of a modified form of the container.

The numeral 1 is used to designate a t lephone mouth piece havingthe usual pen. rated partition 2 to which is secured the container 8 by means of the shoulders of the spring arms 5, (see Fig. 1' ofthe drawgs). The container 3 is maintained a by means of the separator lugs 6 tegrsl with thejloody oi the con- 9t integral lugs 7 are bent in;- dly tor the purpose of securin a perfoin the body 0; the c011 that may be readily attached or detached,

snort distance from the perforated partinie distance from the edge ll heroine afterbe more fully described. A suitable absorbent material 9 is held within the body of the container by means of the perfora'ted plate 8.. In order to saturate the absorbent material 9 with the volatile antiseptic solution the container 3 is held in an inverted position as shown in Fig. l (and fi) of the drawingn and the said solu tion is poured into the cup shaped portion formed bythe perforated plate 8' and the open end of the container body 3. The ca pacity of this cup'portion is equivalent to the capacity of the absorbent material within the body of the container 3. After the antiseptic has been poured into the cup portion of the container 3' it enters the perforations of the plate 8 and is absorbed by the absorbent material 9 within the said container 3. The antiseptic being volatile the fumes thereof will readily permeate the atmosphere Within the mouth piece and effectively disinfect "the"; same as well as the mouth, piece.

maintain an open space between the open end on the container 3 and the perforated ipartition 2 of the mouth piece 1.

In the modification disclosed in Fig. 5 of the drawings the perforated plate '8 is shown to behonoidal, or similar in shape to the body of the container 3, and has an annu lar flange 10, the periphery of which flange l0 is'approximately the same diameter as the internaldiameter of the container 3 at that 'point. The flange 10 is engaged and secured by means of the lugs 7 in the same manner that the said lugs secure and retain the perforated plate 8. "The'space between the perforated conoidal plate 8 andthe 'Walls of the container 3 is filled with an absorbent material 9. This modified form can befilled with the antisepticsolution by inverting the same shown'in Fig. 5 and pouring, the said solution into the hollow portion of the conoidal perforated plate 8', the capacity of whichis equivalent to the In otderto assistsuch per- 1 meation the separator lugs 6 are employed to capacity ofthe absorbent material 9 containedbetween thesaid perforated plate 8 and the walls of the container 3. 1

The container 3, can be readily and easily removed from within the mouth piece 1 by moving the spring arms?) toward the center ofthe container 3. This action will release-the shoulders 4 from the inner edges of the pertoratlonsin the partition 2. so that the container 3 may be withdrawn therefrom.

The container 3 will in no wise interfere with the entrance of the vocal vibrations to the mouth piece as the shape of the container 3, which is concentric with the internal walls of the mouth piece 1, isadapted to intensify the said vibrations by reason of the convergen'cy which it forms with the said internal walls of the telephone 7 mouth piece. I

It is obvious from the foregoing that-we have provided means for maintaining a volatile antiseptic Within the mouth piece of a telephone transmitter that may be readily and easily attached or detached as well as means that will not interfere with the entrance to the mouth piece of the vocal vibrations. lVe have also provided means that will determine the amount of the antiseptic solution that will be absorbed by the absorbent material therein.

. The details of construction are so susceptible to variation that we do not WlSll to confine ourselves to the precise construction shown herein'but rather to avail ourselves of any modifications that may fall. properly within the scope of our invention.

Having thus described our invention what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. An antiseptic container comprising a hollow conoidal body; a perforated plate secured within the base of the hollow conoidalbody and adapted to rctain'an absorbent material therein; and lugs integral with the hollow conoidal body adapted to retain the said body adjacent to the perforated partition of a telephone mouth piece.

2. An antiseptic. container comprising a hollow conoidal body having shouldered spring lugs integral therewith and adapted to retain the said hollow conoidal body 1 it-11in and concentric with the mouth piece ot' a telephone transmitter and adjacent to y within the hollow conoidal body adapted to absorb a volatile antiseptic solution.

4. An antiseptic container comprising a hollow conoidal body having shouldered spring lugs integral therewith and adapted to secure the hollow conoidal body within and concentric with the mouth piece of a telephone transmitter and adjacent to the perforated partition therein; means for releasing the shouldered spring lugs; a perforated hollow conoidal body having an annular flange and secured within the hollow conoidal body; lugs integral with the hollow conoidal body and adapted to engage the annular flange of the perforated hollow conoidal body; and an absorbent material in the space between the hollow conoidal and the hollow pertoratedconoidal body.

In witness-whereof we hereunto set our signatures in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDvVARD M. DOERINGER. AMIE 0. ST. MARIE Witnesses:

' ARTHUR L. Wnnn,

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